# 2014 Singapore Cup

The 2014 Singapore Cup is the 17th season of Singapore's annual premier club football tournament organised by Football Association of Singapore. Due to sponsorship reasons, the Singapore Cup is also known as the RHB Singapore Cup. Home United are the defending champions, having won the trophy six times.
Balestier Khalsa won the Cup with a 3-1 win over defending champion Home United.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams participate in the 2014 Singapore Cup. Eleven of the teams are from domestic S.League and the other five are invited from the Philippines, Cambodia and Laos. Courts Young Lions will not participate in this year's edition of Singapore Cup.

### S.League Clubs

* Albirex Niigata (S)
* Balestier Khalsa
* DPMM FC
* Geylang International
* Harimau Muda B
* Home United
* Hougang United
* Tampines Rovers
* Tanjong Pagar United
* Warriors FC
* Woodlands Wellington
* Young Lions

### Invited Foreign Teams

* Global FC
* Loyola Meralco Sparks
* Nagacorp FC
* SHB Champasak
* Svay Rieng

## Format

The sixteen teams were drawn into two distinct pools for the preliminary round. They will play against one another in a single-legged knockout basis. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals. Thereafter, matches are played in two legs with the exception of the one-match finals. Unlike the previous season, away goals rule does not apply.
For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time is followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams are still tied, a penalty shoot-out is held to determine a winner.

## Knockout phase
### Bracket

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | |
| Harimau Muda B | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tampines Rovers | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tampines Rovers | 1 | Tampines Rovers | 4 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Tanjong Pagar United | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Tanjong Pagar United | 1 | Tanjong Pagar United | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Hougang United | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hougang United | 0 | | | | | Tampines Rovers | 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | | | | |
| | | | | | | Balestier Khalsa | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | | | | |
| Warriors FC | 1 | | | | | | | | | Balestier Khalsa | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | | |
| Balestier Khalsa | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Balestier Khalsa | 3 | Balestier Khalsa | 2 | 0 | 2 (5) | | | | | | | | |
| | | Geylang International | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | | | | | | | | |
| Woodlands Wellington | 1 | Geylang International | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | | | | | | | | |
| Geylang International | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Geylang International | 5 | | | | | | | | | | Balestier Khalsa | 3 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Home United | 1 | |
| Svay Rieng | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Home United | 1 |
| Albirex Niigata (S) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Albirex Niigata (S) | 3 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | DPMM FC | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Global FC | 0 | DPMM FC | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| DPMM FC | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| DPMM FC | 7 | | | | | DPMM FC | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Home United | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| Home United | 5 | | | | | | | | | Home United | 1 | 3 | 4 | | |
| Nagacorp FC | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nagacorp FC | 0 | Home United | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Loyola | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Loyola | 7 | Loyola | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Champasak | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, teams were drawn into two distinct pools. They played against one another in a single leg knockout basis. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 3 May 2014. The matches were played from 25 May to 1 June 2014. Winners of this round progressd and advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Pool A |||
| Harimau Muda B | 1–1 (5–6 p.) | Tampines Rovers |
| Tanjong Pagar United | 1–0 | Hougang United |
| Woodlands Wellington | 1–5 | Geylang International |
| Warriors FC | 1–3 | Balestier Khalsa |
| Pool B |||
| Svay Rieng | 0–3 | Albirex Niigata (S) |
| Home United | 5–0 | Nagacorp FC |
| Global FC | 0–7 | DPMM FC |
| Loyola Meralco Sparks | 7–1 | SHB Champasak |
Pool A

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tampines Rovers | 8–3 | Tanjong Pagar United | 4–2 | 4–1 |
| Balestier Khalsa | 2–2 (5–4 p.) | Geylang International | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Albirex Niigata (S) | 4–6 | DPMM FC | 3–4 | 1–2 |
| Home United | 4–1 | Loyola Meralco Sparks | 2–0 | 2–1 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tampines Rovers | 2-2 (1-4) | Balestier Khalsa | 2-1 | 0-1 |
| DPMM FC | 3-4 | Home United | 1-1 | 2-3 |

### Final
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of matches played 4 July 2014

#### 5 goals

* Roy O'Donovan (DPMM)

#### 4 goals

* Rodrigo Tosi (DPMM)

#### 3 goals

* James Younghusband (LMS)

#### 2 goals

* Kazuki Sakamoto (ALB)
* Kazuya Okazaki (ALB)
* Goran Ljubojević (BAL)
* Hafiz Nor (GLI)
* Lee Kwan-woo (HOM)
* Qiu Li (HOM)
* Alfredo Razon Gonzalez (LMS)
* Phil Younghusband (LMS)
* Jamil Ali (TAM)
* Jozef Kapláň (TAM)
* Miljan Mrdaković (TAM)
* Noh Alam Shah (TAM)
* Monsef Zerka (TPU)

#### 1 goal

* Kazuya Fukuzaki (ALB)
* Keisuke Ota (ALB)
* Norihiro Kawakami (ALB)
* Kim Min-ho (BAL)
* Park Kang-Jin (BAL)
* Zulkiffli Hassim (BAL)
* Azwan Ali (DPMM)
* Azwan Saleh (DPMM)
* Robert Alviž (DPMM)
* Shahrazen Said (DPMM)
* Aliff Shafaein (GLI)
* Joaquin Lopez (GLI)
* Khairulnizam Jumahat (GLI)
* Leonel Felice (GLI)
* Mustaqim Manzur (GLI)
* Ahmed Fahmie (HOM)
* Fazli Ayob (HOM)
* Fazrul Nawaz (HOM)
* Indra Sahdan Daud (HOM)
* Yasir Hanapi (HOM)
* Ramzi Sufian (HMB)
* Itubu Imbem (CHP)
* Anaz Hadee (TAM)
* Firdaus Idros (TPU)
* Sébastien Etiemble (TPU)
* Miroslav Pejić (WAR)
* Chang Jo-yoon (WLW)

#### Own goals

* Sonxay Simoulay (against Loyola Meralco Sparks)
Source: S.League

### Hat-tricks

    As of matches played 4 July 2014
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Roy O'Donovan | DPMM FC | Global | 7–0 | 1 June 2014 |
| James Younghusband | Loyola Meralco Sparks | SHB Champasak | 7–1 | 2 June 2014 |

### Discipline

The following players are currently suspended from tournament matches:
| Player | Club | Offence | Suspension |
| Jufri | Tampines | Cautioned in second match; vs Tanjong Pagar (1 July) | One match; vs Balestier (22 Sept) |
| Ruhaizad | Balestier | Cautioned in second match; vs Geylang Int'l (2 July) | One match; vs Tampines (22 Sept) |
| Gamble | DPMM | Cautioned in second match; vs Albirex Niigata (S) (4 July) | One match; vs Home (23 Sept) |